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  • Passing The Torch  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,536 views

    PASSING THE TORCH On August the 13th, the Summer Olympics begin 16 jam pack days of competition at the site of the original Olympic Games, Athens, Greece. This month we have watched American athletes compete for a spot on the team in track and field and swimming and if their times carry over to ...read more

  • Then One Day When I Came Home There Was A Rental ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2004
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    Then one day when I came home there was a rental van pulled up to his house. Doug was standing beside the small porch holding their child as he watched her and her boyfriend put her things in the van. It was such a horrific and terrible thing to watch. It seemed to be so intense for him. I ...read more

  • Bobby And Susie Were Playing Upstairs While ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 25, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
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    Bobby and Susie were playing upstairs while their mother was doing the dishes. All of the sudden, the children’s mother heard, "Thud, Thud, Thud...", and she ran to see what had happened. She went to the base of the stairs to find Susie curled up in a little ball and crying. Susie then told her ...read more

  • Are We Ready To Do What God Designed Us To Do?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2004
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    Are we ready to do what God designed us to do? Some of you may remember back in January I showed you this cordless drill that I had as a gift from my Mother for Christmas. As with gifts that God gives us, I mentioned, at the time, that it would be no point in me having this gift if I didn’t use it. ...read more

  • Who's Job Is It?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2004
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    “Who’s Job is it?” This is a story about four people EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, and NOBODY. There was an important job to be done and EVERYBODY thought SOMEBODY would do it. ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it. SOMEBODY got angry about this because it was EVERYBODY’S job. EVERYBODY ...read more

  • When My Family Lived In Kentucky I Was A Small ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2004
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    When my family lived in Kentucky I was a small boy. During blackberry season Dad would walk down the mountain after working all day inside the Mary Alice mine. As he walked down he would pick blackberries. I remember waiting out back of our coal mining camp house watching Dad coming down the ...read more

  • Behind Every Big Dream  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,972 views

    BEHIND EVERY BIG DREAM Charles Swindoll shares this story in an issue of Leadership magazine: “On May 24, 1965, a thirteen-and-a half-foot boat quietly slipped out of the marina at Falmouth, Massachusetts for Falmouth, England. It would be the smallest craft ever to make the voyage. Its name? ...read more

  • Oxymorons  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2004
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    OXYMORONS (contradictory words) Act naturally Advanced basic Airline food Almost exactly Alone together Artificial intelligence Awful good Campaign promise Civil war Clearly misunderstood Computer jock Definite maybe Diet ice ...read more

  • I Served A Church That Had A Wonderful Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2004
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    I served a Church that had a wonderful young married couple. He was 30, she was 26 and they had two beautiful children. The oldest would come up and set with me while I was preaching. The husband worked for the State and had a good job that he enjoyed. She worked for a large nationwide company ...read more

  • A Woman's Place  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2004
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    A WOMAN’S PLACE The Los Angeles Times called the 45-year old Karen Hughes one of the most powerful unelected women in the United States, but she resigned from her post less than a year and a half after Bush had successfully won the presidential election. Her husband and teenage son were ...read more

  • Peter Ustinov Said, "Charity Is More Common Than ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 1,790 views

    Peter Ustinov said, “Charity is more common than compassion. Charity is tax-deductible. ...read more

  • In What Some Call A Denial Of A Basic Civil ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 2,996 views

    In what some call a denial of a basic civil right, a Missouri man has been told he may not marry his long-term companion. …The man claims that the essential elements of marriage – love and commitment – are indeed present. “She’s gorgeous. She’s sweet. She’s loving. I’m very proud of her … Deep ...read more

  • The Most Comprehensive Sex Study In Recent Years, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,505 views

    The most comprehensive sex study in recent years, made by researchers at the University of Chicago, states that only 5 percent of men have homosexual desires, and only about half of them ever act out their desires. The statistical evidence clearly suggests that most homosexual men live very ...read more

  • Unqualified Commitment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
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    UNQUALIFIED COMMITMENT A college man walked into a photography studio with a framed picture of his girlfriend. He wanted the picture duplicated. This involved removing it from the frame. In doing this, the studio owner noticed the inscription on the back of the photograph: “My dearest Tom, I love ...read more

  • A Remarkable Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    A REMARKABLE WORK When Benjamin Franklin was the Ambassador to France, he occasionally attended the Infidels Club -- a group that spent most of its time searching for and reading literary masterpieces. On one occasion Franklin read the book of Ruth to the club, but changed the names in it so it ...read more

  • Triumph From Tragedy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
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    TRIUMPH FROM TRAGEDY Sometimes tragedy kind of sneaks up on you. It comes at you like termites at an old wood-frame house. It eats away for years, then one day the rafters of the house give way before you ever realized what was happening. Sometimes tragedy simply hits you full-body and knocks you ...read more

  • The Velcro Effect  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
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    THE VELCRO EFFECT In the book of Ruth, there is illustrated very effectively something I like to term, "The Velcro Effect". I don’t think I have to describe Velcro to you folks as I believe all of us are familiar with what it is! But maybe not all of you are familiar with how it was invented. In ...read more

  • Are You Having A Bad Day?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
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    ARE YOU HAVING A BAD DAY? Not all days are equally good. You know you’re having a bad day when you put both contacts into the same eye. You know you’re having a bad day when your twin sister forgets your birthday. You know you’re having a bad day when you wake up and your braces are stuck ...read more

  • Life Giving Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
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    LIFE GIVING LOVE Here is Ruth, a young widow, who chooses a life of singleness, not because she has no choice, but out of love for Naomi. She could have returned to her own people like Orpah, and would no doubt have been able to remarry and live a normal life, but she gave that up, for the time ...read more

  • A Great Sorrow  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
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    A GREAT SORROW The Chinese said, “No sorrow is greater than ...read more